Eyeshade



Jan- 5 a H. A. METCALF EYE SHADE Original Filed July 28, 1922 PatentedJan. 5, 1926. I 1,568,900

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT A. METCALF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EYESHADE.

Application filed July 28, 1922, Serial No. 578,124. Renewed November12, 1924.

To all whom it may concern: rays coming from above from striking the Beit known that I, HERBERT A. METGALF, eye. The shade 3 may be made fromany a citizen of the United States. and a resident suitable material butpreferably celluloid of the city of New York, borough of Manand iscolored to suit the wishes of the. per- 5 hattan, in the county andState of New York, son using the device, as for instance, green 55 haveinvented a new and Improved Eyeor amber. shade, of which the followingis a full, clear, When the shade is in use a person may and exactdescription. look through the opening 6 and view an This inventionrelates to eye shades and article or object or if preferred, the personhas for an object to provide a construction using the shade may lookdirectly through 60' which may be used alone or in connection theportion 5 at any desired object. By arwith eye glasses and when in usewill shield ranging the parts as described, the direct the eye againstcertain rays of the sun. rays from the sun or clouds and the reflectedAnother object of the inventionis to pro rays from the earth or objectsbelow the vide an eye shade wherein means are preeye will be caused topass through the shade 65 sented which will shade the eye while openorbecome entirely eliminated thereby. ings are provided permitting thecircula- If desired, instead of making the entire tion of air and forpermitting the eye to obshade 3 of celluloid as shown in Figures serveobjects without looking through the 1 and 2, the upper part of the shadecould shade. be secured to a lens 8 or to the frame 9 7 In theaccompanying drawingcarrying the lens as indicated in Figure 3. Figure 1is a front view of an eye shade The upper part of the shade 3 is formeddisclosing-an embodiment of the invention. 'Wlth a fiat annular section10 merging into Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figthe portion 5,said flat annular section 10 ure 1 approximately on line 22. beingsecured by adhesive or other means Figure 3 is a sectional view similarto In place when used as shown in Figure 3. Figure 2 but showing aslightly modified The eye shield is preferably made from a construction.good quality of celluloid and arranged as Referring to the accompanyingdrawing shown in Flgures 1 and 2 though under by numerals, 1 indicatesan eye glass frame some circumstances it might be made as 80 of anydesired construction provided with shown in Figure 3 or the arrangementshown suitable bows 2 which may be looped over in Figure 1 could be madeof one integral the ears when the device is in use in the piece pressedinto the shape shown or some ordinary manner of glasses. The frame 1other convenient shape wherein the lenses may be made of any desiredmaterial, as and frames are of one piece. 85

for instance. celluloid and instead of hav- What I claim is 1- ing theusual lenses arranged therein, shades 1. An eye shade, comprising aspectacle 3 and 4 are provided which fit into the frame having a pair oflens receiving rings, groove in the frame 1 in the usual manner eachofsaid rings having an interior annular of lenses. These shades are ofidentical congroove and a disk of translucent celluloid 00 struction sothat. the description of one will fitted into each of said grooves,each'of said apply to both. disks being provided with a cut at thecenter As indicated in Figure 2, the shade 3 is shaped as a segment of acircle and extendprovided with a pressed out portion or secing from nearone side to near the opposite tion 5 which projects beyond the plane ofside, the part above the out being pressed as the shade so as to providean opening 6 outwardly to form a hood arc-shaped in shaped as a segmentof a circle above the seccross section with the bottom thereof spacedtion 7 which is preferably fiat and prevents an appreciable distancefrom the up er edge the reflection from the ground from strikof thelower part of the diskthe said lower #0 ing the eye while the portion 5prevents the part of the disk being fiat.

2. An eye shade, comprising a spectacle side, the part above the cutbeing pressed frame having a pair of lens receiving rings outwardly toform :1 hood arc-shape in and a disk of translucent celluloid connectedcross section with the bottom thereof spaced 10 with each of said rings,each of said disks an appreciable distance from the upper edge 5 beingprovided with a cut at the center of the lower part of the disk the saidlower shaped as a segment of a circle and extendpart being flat. ingfrom near one side to near the opposite HERBERT A. METCALF.

